Category: News & Features

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: DECEMBER 5 ♦ Shaun Travolta Blackwood, 41, of Brookwood Drive, Mooresville, charged with interfering with an electronic monitoring

BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office hosted a Christmas party on Saturday morning for ICSO personnel with young children. The party featured a showing of “The Polar Express”

Special to Iredell Free News The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) is hosting stakeholder meetings to kick off the “Beyond 77” study. “Beyond 77” is a study focused on

FROM STAFF REPORTS Troutman firefighters were called to Iredell Memorial Gardens after high winds sparked several fires on the cemetery grounds prior to a luminary ceremony on Saturday evening. Nearly

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Two clinicians from Southeast Psych in Charlotte presented tips and advice to parents to help their school-age children deal with stress and anxiety during an Iredell-Statesville

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Town of Mooresville has received applications from 40 individuals interested in becoming the town’s next police chief. “We are very pleased with the pool of candidates

Special to Iredell Free News The Marshall Steam Station Community Service team donated multiple large cartons of food to American Renaissance School’s Backpack Program on Thursday, December 12. The ARS

BY MORGAN HOOKS The Statesville Civic Center was transformed into “A Night in Havana” on Friday for the 15th annual Rescue Ranch Dinner and Gala. Hosted by Rescue Ranch founders

Special to Iredell Free News Masons from Iredell and surrounding counties will host the 31st Annual Masonic Community Blood Drive on Friday, January 10, at nine convenient collection sites. Last

FROM STAFF REPORTS  Rep. Ted Budd announced Friday that he would vote against both articles of impeachment against President Trump when they come to a vote on the floor of

New members sworn in Thursday evening, along with Police Chief Tina Fleming BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com The Troutman Town Council honored two departing council members on Thursday night before welcoming

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Christmas magic was everywhere Thursday afternoon as the J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library hosted its “Elf” themed holiday party. Patrons enjoyed a number of fun

Theatre Statesville Presents a Christmas Carol When: Friday, December 13; Saturday, December 14; and Sunday, December 15, 6 to 9 p.m. Where: Statesville City Hall, 227 S. Center Street, Statesville

Special to Iredell Free News Statesville City Manager Ron Smith announced Thursday that Deputy Fire Chief Andy Weatherman will serve as interim fire chief. Chief Spencer Lee announced his resignation

Special to Iredell Free News Seven area agencies are feeling especially merry this season after receiving their share of the Statesville ABC funding designated for substance abuse program assistance. This

Special to Iredell Free News South River Baptist Church’s River Worship Choir, drama and technical teams will present an exciting dramatic musical, “The Fabric of Christmas,” in the Family Life

Special to Iredell Free News By December of 1756, the three-story Fort Dobbs was complete. The 50 North Carolina soldiers posted there prepared to spend the first of many winters

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com N.C. Representative John Fraley administered the oath of office to recently re-elected Mooresville Graded School District Board of Education members Roger Hyatt, Debbie Marsh and  Kerry

Special to Iredell Free News Assisting parents and preschool to fifth-grade students with fun and educational opportunities during school breaks in 2020, Rescue Ranch is offering two mini-break and spring

Community survey will be available online later this week for staff and the public input BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Board of Education members discussed and approved various documents, and made

FROM STAFF REPORTS Two Marion residents face drug trafficking charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies found China White Heroin in their vehicle during a traffic stop on Taylorsville Highway.

Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College students Catherine Bourdon (Cornelius) and Cristina Jacobs (Mooresville) have been selected as the college’s top nominees for the All-USA Community College Academic

Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville Town Manager Randy Hemann announced Tuesday the hiring of Beau Falgout as assistant town manager. Falgout’s duties will include leading the departments of Parks

BY KARISSA MILLER Following a lengthy discussion on Monday night, the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education voted unanimously to delay a decision about whether to expand the International Baccalaureate (IB) program

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members voted unanimously on Monday afternoon to spend up to $6,500 to enlist the assistance of the Centralina Council of Governments in its

BY MIKE FUHRMAN A small group of community leaders gathered in Downtown Statesville, near the hustle and bustle of the Holiday Shop & Stroll Spectacular, on Friday evening to unveil

Pictured (from left) are Andrew Donawa, executive director of First Responders Support Services; and Thomas Golden, chief strategy officer & vice president of Energy Services for EnergyUnited. Special to Iredell

Pictured (from left) are Statesville High School students Sadira Hardy, Eunice Lopez, A’niya Rivers (sitting), Skylar Moss, teacher Lacie Howard and student Laura Sarmiento-Carvajal. The photo was taken while visiting

Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell County Environmental Health Division is implementing a North Carolina Sewage Treatment and Disposal System rule that will require periodic maintenance inspections for specific

FROM STAFF REPORTS A western Iredell County man who reportedly rammed his truck into a mobile home several times during a domestic disturbance faces nine misdemeanor charges, including child abuse,

FROM STAFF REPORTS Kevin Angell announced Sunday evening that he will run for the District 6 seat on the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education. Angell, who works as chief program officer

FROM STAFF REPORTS Thirty-three offenders, including five sex offenders and a convicted murderer, returned to Iredell County after being released by the N.C. Department of Corrections. Seven of the offenders

BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Hundreds of people lined the streets in Downtown Statesville on Sunday afternoon to watch the annual Christmas Parade. For an hour and a half, streets were lined

Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell (far right) and other participants in a recent trip sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pose for a photo. BY MIKE FUHRMAN iredellfreenews@gmail.com

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: NOVEMBER 26 ♦ Robert Lee Autry, 36, of Lutz Avenue, Mooresville, charged with habitual misdemeanor assault. ♦ Shiqwade